The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02
The Magnificent Structure to
be Opened Tomorrow.
A BRIEF GLIMPSE WITHIN.
It Costs Close Upon 100000, Ex-
elusive. OF FurRiture-Mr. Gull
lens Public Spirit.

Ing on the different floors or the build
ing, getting it in readiness for the open.
ing, which is to take place at nooc on
Monday with a grand dinner in the
magnificent dining hall on the second
floor.
Already accounts of this building
have been published in THE HERALD,
but it is impossible that any one should
have conjectured its present appear
ance, internally or externally, from
any description that may have
been given, however graphic. Work
on the hotel was begun August
18th, 1886; in fact it had been pre-
viously started. but all the plans had
been SO materially altered, that it is but
just to put the date Of commencement
as here stated. The length of the
building is 235 feet; it has frontage of
51L feet, ana the distance to the top of
with a brown stone front. the stone
having been brought from Thistle, on
the line of the D. & r. G. Railway, I'M
der the personal supervision and direc-
ton of Mr.. Z. Kletting, the very gifted
and capable architect; in fact, the
whole construction has been under his
personal direction, and the result shows
| how great personal pride he has taken
in the work The building has five stories,
| each floor having q clear distance to the
ceiling as follows: First floor 16 feet,
second feet third and fourth each ID
feet, and the fifth II feet. A fine eleva-
tor opens from the Office and covers
each floor. There are two stqirWays,
one in front and one in the rear, with
fire wall between. In addition to this
there are fire escapes either side running
from the top of the building to the bot
tom, together with two sets of hose on
each floor, while over the main stair
way-that which opens from the Office
there Is perforated sprinkler
which can be operated from
the Office, and by which the
stairway can be flooded, if necessary.
| Every room in the house is fitted up
with an electric fire enunciator con-
nected with the Office, so that in case of
| a fire in any room the man IN charge at
the hotel Office can he Immediately
| notified and the spot located without
delay. 1t is hardly possible that greater
precaution could be taken to prevent
| ire. In all the rooms there are station
airy wash st inds. The whole building
is heated by steam. Electric lights are
in every part of, and all the power nee
essary to run the electric lights heat the
hotel and do such other work as is nee
essary is furnished by boilers and an
engine situated outside of the building
proper. There are in the building in
all, eleven bath rooms, six Eubic ones,
and five attached to private suites.
| There are also on each floor
two sets of closets. from each of which
| there is ventilator connecting with
pipe that runs from the ground to the
top of the building.
The first floor is elegantly fitted up
| the woodwork, the painting, decorating
and the vari-colored glass are made to
harmonic and produce delightful eff
! feet. The bar and billiard room. the for
mer embelIished with magnificent piece
of framework and an equally magniG-
cent mirror, are unsurpassed this side of
Chicago. The dining room is on the
second floor, as are also the parloTs,
and both are we'll lighted and very airy.
| The dining room is quite picture. ! t
is not very large, though it is capable of
dining $50 people at time; but it is
attractive for the reason that ii takes
in the whole width of the building is
lighted and ventilated from both sides,
and has neither pillar nor post to Oh
struct the view The kitchen, OFT this,
is small, but so arranged rs to afford
ample room for whatever demands
may be made upon it. The whole build
ing is arpeted-stairways and rooms
aud the rooms throughout are painted
| and decorated in very cheerful and at
tractiye colors. One thing to recon-
mend the rooms, particularly, is the
fact that they range along either side
of the building, and thus get the benefit
of the morning or the afternoon sun.
For beaIthfulness and for cheerfulness
to patrons, this will be most attrac-
| tive feature.
Mr. Ewing is furnishing the house in
manner thoroughly in keeping with the
building itself, which is certainly the
finest and most imposing in the city
excepting, of course, church structures.
Ewing not less than $4,000 to fit the
whole building up in the style which
! he has set his mind upon.
Looking at the condition of the hotel
yesterday it seemed hardly possible
that it could be gotten in readiness for
the opening on Monday next; but when
we consider the fact that between 100
and $50 pairs of busy hands were in
defatigsbly laboring inside, it will not
be surprising to note marvellous
changes in the space of thirty
six hours, and there is little doubt
that those present at the opening on
Monday will see the hoteli in a very per
feet state of readiness for the reception
of guests,
Mr.. Kletting states that the
building has cost Mr.. Cullen clean
500, COO, that the aggregate figures come
80 close to this amount that they will
almost hit it to dollar. 1t might have
been built for less, but it is to the credit
of the enterprising owner and the pub
lie spirited architect that not single
dollar has teen sent cut of the Terri
tory where it could possibly be avoided.
even where the expense of getting local
materials was much greater than it
would have been had the articles been
imported. Mr.. Klettiug states also that
there is scarcely merchant in the city
carrying any material necessary in the
construction and furnishing of hotel
who has not received some portion OF
the money expended in the erection Of
this building. OF the 500, 600 this hotel
has cost mot including. of course, the
800 900 which Mr.. Ewing is putting into
| it) four-fifths have been expended in